Update manager / synaptic crashes

[kadafi69]

Whenever I try to install new updates through the update manager it just hangs and whenever I try to load synaptic that just hangs too. Help anyone?

[saru411]

Mine has recently been going slow. I've been monitoring my network through system monitor and it eventually starts downloading the updates. i hope its just the ubuntu servers side and not my install.

[justifier]

ubuntu US servers have been sluggish today (apparently)

[kadafi69]

well the update is only 17mb and ive left the update manager open all day. synaptic just doesnt want to load up in the slightest.

[cmapesjr]

Same problem here. Firestarter gui will not load either.

[aphouser]

I am having issues as well with the Update Manager. I get all the way to Installing software and when I open up the Details arrow I have (Reading Database ...

This has been going on for 3 days now. I've tried rebooting, but no amount of time seems to help.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Bill49]

I'm having the same problem. I'm trying to update at the moment; the update speed bounces around alot, but most of the time it is about 1.5K (bits not bytes)

[philinux]

Try a different server for your software sources.

[kadafi69]

whenever I try to start any of the 'administrative applications' they just crash, so changing the server repositories through the gui isnt possible and i dont know how to do it through command lines.

[chichifelipe]

Same here. I do not think it's a server issue-- update manager has to be killed.

[single29]

The same here. I was able to login as root but now it doesn't allow me to do so. Whenever I login as root, the server will reboot.
Whenever I login as an user and try to update to new kernel, after I key in password and start updating, it reboot the server too.
I am guessing it has something to do with root accessing.

[xTheAvatarx]

I'm having the exact same issue. I am using ubuntu 7.10.

Has anyone been able to figure out a solution?